SUNDAY DECEMBER 1
“Benaiah…went
down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.” 2 Sa 23:20 NIV
“COURAGE WITH COLD FEET”
Benaiah was one of King David’s “mighty men.” His
resume reads: “Benaiah…was a valiant fighter…He…went down into a pit on a snowy
day and killed a lion.” That’s what is called “courage with cold feet.” The
greatest courage of all is showing courage in the face of fear. Someone said, “Courage
is just fear that has said its prayers.” When you know you have hear clearly
from God, you are filled with faith in that moment. It puts steel in your
spine. But then as you move out in faith, you encounter the lions of fear. “What
if it doesn’t work?” What if I fail? What will people say?” Suddenly you are
having an attack of the “what if’s.” Mark Twain said, “Courage is resistance to
fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” You have to decide whether you
will become a warrior—or a worrier. There is no middle ground. When you’re
faced with a health crisis or a family crisis or a financial crisis, you either
choose to stand on God’s Word and fight, or give in to worry. This side of
heaven we will never fully understand why bad things happen to good people. But
we know that God is good—all the time! So when bad things happen, you will
either give in to fear and allow it to destroy your peace and well-being, or
you will become a warrior armed with God’s Word and rise up against it. When
fear threatens to engulf your mind, stand up with the Psalmist and say, “Whenever
I am afraid, I will trust in You” (Ps 56:3 NKJV).
Taken
from the Word for you Today devotional
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